Hebrew Word Study · H5397 + H2416 · Immortality in Christ
נִשְׁמַת חַיִּים Nishmat Chayim
breath of life
H5397H2416 neesh-MAHT khai-YEEM
The Word at a Glance
Script נִשְׁמַת חַיִּים
Transliteration Nishmat Chayim
Pronunciation neesh-MAHT khai-YEEM
Language Hebrew
Strong's Number
H5397 + H2416 Meaning breath of life
Anchor Scripture Genesis 2:7
The Revelation
Nishmat Chayim (נִשְׁמַת חַיִּים)
When God formed Adam, dust lay before Him. Then God breathed the Nishmat Chayim — the breath of lives (plural in Hebrew) — into his nostrils, and man became a nephesh chayah, a living soul. The plural is not incidental. God breathed spirit-life, soul-life, and body-life in one exhale. You were engineered for triune life, not survival.
Where Nishmat Chayim Appears
In the Immortality in Christ Library
Hebrew transliterations from BHS with Strong's Hebrew Concordance (H5397 + H2416); word studies cross-checked with Brown-Driver-Briggs.
Children of God Do Not Have to Die
The full teaching — spirit, soul, and body, what death actually is, and the uncreated Zoe life of God in you.